Noor, what In Arabic it means “light”is much more than a gastronomic restaurant, because behind every detail there is a multidisciplinary team that contributes its knowledge to bring the essence of that Cordovacultured and in a certain way magical, which dazzled since the Caliphate of Abd al-Rahman III, according to the description of the Michelin Guide.

The opinion of the Michelin Guide about the Córdoba restaurant is the following: “In its bright interior, with the open kitchen and a beautiful interior design work, chef Paco Morales (well supported by the head chef Paola Gualandi) recovers the essence of Andalusian cuisine from current concepts and techniques. Each season focuses on an era and currently addresses the Spanish Golden Age through three menus (Mudéjar, Morisco and Al-Jazeera) that reinterpret the culinary splendor of the 16th and 17th centuries. What unique dishes will you find? Pasta durum wheat, smoked butter, chicken stock and little squid (a reinterpretation of the Abbasiya) or, for dessert, the neighborhood oranges with orange blossom, fried almonds and extra virgin olive oil.” Two years after getting the second star, Noor achieves its third.

“Anyone who dedicates themselves to this profession always dream of this moment”, Paco Morales stated when receiving the jacket at the gala and addressed his parents who were present. He also wanted to name his entire team “people who have been with me from the beginning.”

Paco Morales adds and continues to repeat for another year in the top 100 of the Best Chefs in the World of the awards ‘The Best Chef Awards’ that recognize the best swords in the kitchen worldwide.

Andalusia adds five new Michelin stars

The Michelin Guide 2024 has recognized 31 restaurants in Spain with 1 Michelin Star, five of which are in Andalusian restaurants. Specifically, they have recognized David Olivas (Back, Marbella, in Málaga), Javier Jurado (Malak, in Jaén), Juanjo Mesa (Radis, in Jaén), Eduardo Pérez (Tohqa, in El Puerto de Santa María, Cádiz) and Juan Carlos García (Vandelvira, in Baeza, Jaén).

The new Michelin stars were announced this Tuesday at the 2024 Michelin Guide Gala, which was held at the Barcelona International Convention Center (CCIB) managed by Fira de Barcelona.

Specifically, they have been delivered in the north to Marcos Mistry (Marcos, in Gijón, Asturias), Daniel Silvestre (NM, in Oviedo, Asturias), Brais Pichel (Terra, in Fisterra, A Coruña) and Tetso Maeda (Txispa, in Axpe, Bizkaia).

In Aragon, Catalonia and the Valencian Community, to Eduardo Salanova (Canfranc Express, in Canfranc-Estación, Huesca), Ferdinando Bernardi (Casa Benardi, in Benissa, Alicante), Roseta Félix and Daniel Malavía (Fraula, in Valencia), Aaron Ortiz (Kabo, in Pamplona, ​​Navarra), Andrea Drago (Orobianco, in Calp, Alicante), Víctor Torres (Quirat, in Barcelona) and Yoshikazu Suto (Suto, in Barcelona).

In the center, Carlos Casillas and Jaime Mondéjar (Barro, in Ávila), Javier Sanz and Juan Sahuquillo (Cebo, in Madrid), Diego Murciego (Since 1911, in Madrid), Martín Berasategui and José María Goñi (El Club Allard, in Madrid), Alberto Molinero (Erre de Roca, in Miranda de Ebro, Burgos), Sara Peral and Jorge Muñoz (Osa, in Madrid), Miguel Carretero (Santerra, in Madrid) and Tadayoshi Motoa (Toki, in Madrid).

On the islands, to Andreu Genestra (Andreu Genestra, in Llucmajor, Balears), José Luis Espino (Bevir, in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria), Víctor Suárez (Haydée, in La Orotava, Santa Cruz de Tenerife), Walter Sidoravicius (Omakase by Walt, in Ibiza, Balears), Jordi Cantó (Sa Clastra, in Es Capdellà, Balears), Diego Schattenhoffer (Tates 1973, in Playa de las Américas, Santa Cruz de Tenerfe) and David Grussaute (Unic, in Sant Josep de sa Talaia, Balearic Islands).

Two new restaurants with three stars and one with two

Enjoy (Barcelona), by chefs Oriol Castro, Eduard Xatruch and Mateu Casañas, and Noor (Córdoba) by chef Paco Morales, are the new three-star restaurants Michelin of Spanish gastronomy, and Sale Moncalvillo (Daroca, La Rioja) is the only new two stars.

This was announced this afternoon at the gala that the Michelin Guide Spain 2024 held at the Auditori Fòrum of the Barcelona International Convention Center, where the guide recognized to 31 restaurants with one star and has confirmed that The 13 restaurants with three Michelin stars that existed until this edition will continue to retain this distinction.